HOT NEW!!! Looking to 4G(fourth-generation wireless)
HOT NEW!!! Looking to 4G(fourth-generation wireless)
Level 3, a service provider with a long-distance fiber network that serves businesses and other carriers, announced a new backhaul service offering this week.
Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group Plc, is planning to upgrade its backhaul for its next-generation network, which it promises to put in as many as 30 markets in 2010.
"For 4G (fourth-generation wireless), whether its WiMax or LTE, the backhaul will have to be fortified," Mark Wegleitner, a senior vice president for technology at Verizon, said in an interview.
Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the 4G technology Verizon will use, and WiMax is a rival technology.
Estimates vary as to how much carriers will have to boost their backhaul links, which can typically move around 6 megabits of data per second to 10 megabits per second (Mbps).
